Month: July 2014

UPDATE: Bioware has released a new teaser trailer called Spark for their new unannounced IP…

Further adding to the mysterious new IP, Bioware has thrown out a new teaser trailer for “You’ve Been Chosen”. The trailer, named “Spark”, was brought to my attention once again via email. Their website has also been updated; it’s no longer the bare-bones website it was. The video can be viewed below.

B-TEN editor-in-chief Gabe Carey sits down for a discussion with the developer of retro-styled indie platformer Shovel Knight, asking both personal inquiries and special requests made by communities such as the Benign with B-TEN and Nintendo Voice Chat Facebook groups.

In early February, Sony announced at their State of The Platform that people have shared their gameplay/screenshots over 48 million times. This was when the console sales were only at 4.2 million and now they are closing in on 9 million. So it is safe to assume that the number at the very least has doubled. With that and the release of The Last of Us: Remastered with the Photo Mode feature, we at B-TEN are asking the community to show us your moves! And show us your favorite/best screenshot you have captured in The Last of Us. The contest winners will have their art featured in an article pinned to our front page — and maybe even a special random prize from our magnificent chest of random prizes.

4gency, whose CEO we interviewed back in March, is bringing Habitat: A Thousand Generations in Orbit to PlayStation 4 next year in addition to the previously announced PC, Mac, Linux, and Xbox One version of the game. Published by Versus Evil, Habitat is a strategic space survival game that uses orbital debris to “build the future homes of humanity”. Hope for survival in the game relies heavily on the resourcefulness and creativity of the player.

The community co-ordinator, Stephen Isbell, announced that a Day-One Dragon Age Costume Pack DLC will be available to everyone who pre-orders digitally or from any retailer. Stephen also commented that the costumes in the costume pack are character-specific, meaning that certain costumes can only be worn by certain characters in Little Big Planet 3.

It’s funny how, when you ask an entire community of 60 people what the greatest video game story is, the results differ so significantly. While I expected most to answer with the same critically-acclaimed post-apocalyptic survival game from last year, I was intrigued at the actual results, which can be seen below. It just goes to show that there are a lot of excellent video game narratives out there and that we all have varying opinions on which one is best. It just goes to show that one man’s opinion is another man’s garbage, or something like that.

The Pokemon Company has officially launched their website for the 2014 World Champions in Washington, DC. The event is scheduled to run from August 16th-17th and will feature both video game and trading card game battles. The full schedule is down below, along with the video stream that will be active on the aforementioned dates. Be sure to check back on August 16th and 17th to watch them!

Beginning last year, Microsoft has been generous enough to give away free games each month to Xbox Live users as part of their Games with Gold initiative. In July, we received the excellent Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition which debuted at no extra cost for Xbox One owners with a Live subscription. If you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and play Guacamelee before it’s replaced on Friday with the less-than-stellar Crimson Dragon and the seemingly average Strike Suit Zero: Director’s Cut.

In Armillo, you take the role of the titular character, a space armadillo, who is living life carefree on his home planet when it’s suddenly attacked by the evil Darkbots. They’ve enslaved all the inhabitants and captured his brother, forcing him to fight through the initial gauntlet setup in his home planet and travel across the galaxy to stop their evil plot.

On Nintendo’s Livestream at San Diego Comic Con, Bill Trinen announced a NES Remix bundle coming soon. Nintendo of America’s Twitter confirmed it to be released as a physical game this holiday season. NES Remix are games that contain special challenges for the player to complete from old Nintendo games. The previous two installments have been exclusive to the eShop, and are fantastic games.

The gaming drought has hit us all super hard. I’ve resorted to playing the games that are included on early DVDs. I’m living in the darkest timeline. Well, until I remembered flash games. Flash games saved my life. I’m here to help them save your life. You’re welcome, America. Freedom and fireworks for everyone!